The majority of the people signed up to comment on Atlantic Shores offshore wind farm’s environmental impact statement on Oct. 19 were more concerned with the overall global climate change and sea level rise than they were with any other environmental or viewshed impact. At least this was true during the first of three public sessions with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, held on a virtual platform.

Representatives from BOEM and Atlantic Shores first explained the development of the project from before the first…